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Mo Says "No!"
Our U.S. representative Mo Brooks says he won't ratify the electoral votes giving Joe Biden the presidency. Just another day in the on going saga of Alabama in the national spotlight.On the home...
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Two Mall Chains Go Under, but Andy's Gonna Save Florence?
Last Monday, two of the largest operators of American malls declared bankruptcy. At that time, CBL (107 malls) and PREIT (more than 20 malls) both stated that so few rent-paying tenants made it...
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Project Mutts for St. Andrew's Cross
Almost every U.S. citizen is a mutt; that means very few of us can trace our ancestry as being 100% anything. That's not a bad thing health wise, but it also means our heritage is watered down. Still,...
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2020 As Significant as Civil War & Trail of Tears?
Most locals are aware of the movement to rename three buildings on the University of North Alabama campus. These buildings were all named for individuals who have associations with racism. We haven't...
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What's a Shoals Sex Worker?
Recently, several readers have asked about sex workers here in the Shoals. Just what is a sex worker? How many who self identify this way are prostitutes?We've looked for statistics, national or...
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Betterton Shuts Down Room in the Inn Intake Center
With no prior warning, with hot food on the table (paid for with public donations), the Florence police entered the Room in the Inn intake center on Veterans Drive last night and forced everyone from...
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Veterans Day 2020
On this 102nd anniversary of the Armistice, let's especially remember those World War II veterans who are still with us. If you know one who served our country during this era, reach out to him or her...
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Room in the Inn v. Ricatoni's?
From a reader:So let me get this straight. The FPD ran off people waiting on private property for a free meal. The same FPD will allow people on Friday night to try to drive off paying customers from...
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Homelessness and the Origins of the Court Street Zone
From a reader:Several years ago the Timesdaily ran an article implying that a man living in Florence was the city's very first homeless person. The writer made a huge deal about how well dressed the...
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Just How Local Are "Our" Homeless? How Cruel the Salvation Army?
A regular reader recently offered up this comment on Facebook:The real issue: homeless people were moved from other locations in the country to live here, this action created federal money into the...
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Lauderdale Lame Duck Super v. Colbert's
Neither the Superintendent of Lauderdale County Schools nor Colbert's will be returning for a second term. At this point, both should be interested in what's best for students and not in which parents...
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A Word to a Sheriff, a Wife, & a Girlfriend
A Facebook friend recently asked a question about one of the many political parody accounts that have popped up in Shoals social media in the past six months. We had very little information concerning...
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Insights from J. Redmon
* Why did Shoals' area 'big name' brand gas stations RAISE their prices $0.10/gal this past Thursday while on the same day, gas stations in Decatur LOWERED their per gallon prices by $0.06?* On...
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What Cretin Dumped This Little Girl?
From HASRA:We try our best to stay neutral when taking in dogs, we understand circumstances are beyond people’s control sometimes..... but...... sometimes..... it’s hard to bite our tongues. Someone...
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Salvation Army: Church or Agency?
Excerpt from a WHNT story:At a meeting Tuesday, the council unanimously approved more than $169,000 in emergency solutions grants that will be divided and distributed to the Community Action Agency,...
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Andy Betterton has Some Serious 'Splainin to Do!
Those who are regular readers of our blog know that we have for some years lobbied for either a balancing memorial at the Lauderdale County Courthouse or the removal of the current CSA monument to the...
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John Merrill Takes on Project Say Something
It seems Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill has made Newsweek...with his comments on Project Say Something:"This group, Project Say Something, is well known in Alabama as a liberal racist group...
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Why Does Colbert County Animal Shelter Have to Beg?
We've said before how all donations to local government sponsored animal shelters are appreciated, but they shouldn't be depended upon to run an operation. A shelter may not have funds for the five or...
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State Reduces Hubbard's Sentence by 40%
We're pretty sure Mike Hubbard has good attorneys. We're also pretty sure he's paying his lawyers with funds he gained unethically. Oh, well, at least they put away the guy on the corner selling dime...
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About that 25K Fine...
A regular reader has sent us a most informative and profound comment on the monument removal issue:Like so many of the things going on today, we only get part of the story. The Alabama Memorial...
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